Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 97, James English, Continental (New Jersey)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (New Jersey) English James Hannah
W.97
CONTENTS

New jersey 2901.
Let to J. M. Hartshorne May 30. '42 to same June 7. 1842
Hannah English widow of James English
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 th Dec. 1816 of Middlesex Co, in the State of N. Jersey who was a Surgeon in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Forman in the N. Jersey line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of May 1839 and sent to J. M. Hartshorne Freehold, N. J.
  Arrears to the 4th of March '39.  360.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep. "  61.00         $421.00  
{ Act Ju 1836
Recorded by D. Brown Book A Vol. 2 Page

1835
State of Tennessee
On this eighteenth day of September at night in her house and dwelling place lately appointed before the Inferior Court of Warren County in and for the County of Warren recorded Nannah Court's Decree at the City of Warren District in the said County, had above said seventy three years and upwards being first duly sworn - according to an act in her said make the following testimony in order to obtain the benefit of the perjury statute in the event of her being proved guilty July 7, 1835 entitled an Act to prevent the giving of false testimony to certain purposes; That she is the mother of Sarah Ann who had a daughter in the State of Tennessee - that she has heard her husband say that he served a term of years seventy three in the Penitentiary of the State of Tennessee beginning in June and ending in Dec in the year 1776 under Col. David  Armstrong - who has been one of the best of men in his  business and has been  very  successful in the course of time and has been  very  successful that she has heard her husband say that he served a term of years seventy three and three months in the  Penitentiary , and at the end of the term and resuming with the same as surgeon to Col.  David  Armstrong until the end of the term above mentioned - that her said husband was afterwards

10 Lange - in the Militia of Middlesex County under Col. John Fitch - and served as such Lange for a considerable period during the War - at the Battle of Bunker Hill under Col. Prescott - sometime during the War he was taken prisoner by the Enemy & was released into the County of Middlesex, but I cannot tell the time, nor the amount of his services as such - Lange - during said War - that he thereafter resided in the Village of Gran- bury where he entered the service and had been studying medicine at that place as also one Doctor States That the said Lange was
Doctor States That the said James Am- plia resided in the County of Herkmond until has since that the Applicant has resided in the City of New Brunswick for nine years past and previous thereto in the County of Herkmond I advised - that she has no documentary evi- dence whatever in support of her claim -
ence whatever in support of his claim. She further declares that she was married to the said James English on the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone that her husband the aforesaid James English died on the thirtieth day of December Eighteen hundred and sixteen that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to his death in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone to wit: at the time above stated. Subscribed in open Court Karah English
Ichabod Potter } Leases. Peter P. Henson } Eager Freeman }

July - Mr. L. ... July 26 - 1881
Annual ... 2907-58

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, D. C. English
hereby constitute and appoint William S. Allison — my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Hannah English for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to D. C. English one of the Executors to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 13 day June A. D., 185 1 .
David C. English
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
Peter P. Kempton
STATE OF New Jersey } ss: COUNTY OF Middlesex }
On this thirteenth day of June A. D. 185 1
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared David C. English of New Brunswick N.J. and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Peter P. Kempton J. Peacc.

Claim of  Hannah English Act of  7 th July 1838
STATE OF New Jersey } COUNTY Middlesex } ss.
Be it known, That on this Thirteenth day of June A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared David C. English a resident of New Brunswick in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the child of Hannah English
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner,
at the rate of one hundred & twenty Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Peter P. Munyon J. Peace.
David C. English
I, Peter P. Munyon Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that David C. English who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Peter P. Munyon J. Peace.
I, Nicholas Woodruff Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Peter P. Munyon Esq. before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this Thirteenth day of June A. D. 185 1 .
N. Woodruff Clerk.

STATE OF New Jersey COUNTY OF Middlesex } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex the same being a Court of Record that Hannah English was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $120 one hundred & twenty dollars per annum and that she died on the Eleventh day of May eighteen hundred and forty two leaving surviving four and only four children of her body (David G. English Mary E. who intermarried with Thomas Hobart and Rebecca who intermarried with Stillman Edson and that David G. English and that is the executor of the said Hannah English and and that the above mentioned are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Hannah English
William E. Dimes in claim from J. M. Andrews Jan. 28, 1910
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
A Boor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex

James English son of James & Catherine English was Born July 14 th 1757.
Hannah Perine daughter of John & Mary Perine was Born April 28 th 1765.
They were married Wednesday November 9 th 1791.
Their Children was Born (viz.) —
James, on Monday ..... August 20 th 1792. 9 A.M. John, on Monday ..... September 8 th 1794. 9 A.M. Hannah, on Tuesday, ..... November 29 th 1796. 12 M. David Combs, Thursday, January 24 th 1799. 9 A.M. Mary Rue, on Wednesday, March 25 th 1801. 11 A.M. Elizabeth, on Saturday the 23 d of March 1805. 3 P.M. Rebecca on Wednesday the 1 st of July 1807. 8 P.M.

John Perrine was born the 26 th day of October 1722. Mary Rice was Born the 19 th Day of March 1737. They were Married the 3 rd day of June 1755.

January 26, 1915.
Mrs. F. E. Chidester, 88 Lawrence Avenue, New Brunswick, N. J.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-first instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 97, Rev. War. it appears that Dr. James English son of Catherine and James English, was born July 14, 1757, and was residing at Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, when he entered the service July 4, 1776, as Surgeon's Mate in the General Hospital at Princeton, that he was in the battles of Brooklyn and Monmouth and was discharged September 12, 1778, by Charles McKnight, Surgeon General.
He married, November 9, 1791, Hannah daughter of John and Mary Perrine or Perine. She was born April 8, 1765. Soldier died December 30, 1816, and his widow was allowed pension on an application executed September 18, 1838, while a resident of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Their children were, James born August 20, 1762; John born September 8, 1794; Hannah born November 29, 1796; David Combs born January 24, 1799; Mary Rue born March 25, 1801; Elisabeth born March 23, 1805; Rebecca born July 1, 1807.
Widow died May 11, 1842. John, David C., Mary R. wife of Thomas Hobart. and Rebecca wife of Stillman E Arms (illegible), were the only children who sur- vived her.
It is also stated that John Perrine born October 20, 1722, married June 3, 1755. Mary Rue who was born March 19, 1737.
Very respectfully,
[Handwritten signature: M. C. ...] Commissioner.
See letter of Jan 25, 1915 explaining this name.

This may certify that Mr. James English has officiated in the General Hospital as Mate at Princeton from July 12. 1776 to Sept. the 12. 1778 and to be paid as such.
Princeton Sept. 12. 1778
Chas. Moring
Surg General
for Doctor James English
W. Fite #97 for Jas. English

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss;
On this twenty first day of September eighteen hundred and forty three, before me a justice of the peace of said County personally appeared Ann Conover, who being duly sworn saith that she is the sister of Doct. James English who was a Surgeon's Mate in the War of the Revolution that she is seventy nine years of age and upwards - That she recollects well in the early part of the Revolutionary War that her brother the said James English entered the service as a Surgeon's Mate and as she was at that informed served five months in the troops raised to reinforce the army at New York in the year 1776, and was at the Battle on Long Island: That after that time he served and officiated as Surgeon's Mate at the General Hospital at Princeton N. Jersey under Doct. Charles McKnight who was Surgeon General - That during the time her said brother was officiating in the Hospital at Princeton, this Deponent was residing with her Mother & Step father near English Town in Monmouth County, and her said brother occasionally visited the family, and it was generally known and understood that he was a Surgeon's Mate in the said Hospital, her Mother very frequently washed his clothes for him and sent them to him at Princeton during the time - That her said brother continued in the Hospital aforesaid until the fall of the year after the Battle of Monmouth - She recollects well the Battle of Monmouth - she lived there and does

now, near English Town and within 2 or 3 miles of the Battle ground, and a part of the Amer- ican Army were encamped on her step-fa- ther's farm for a day or two before the Battle - two of the American Officers she thinks Genl. Wayne & Genl. Scott dined at her step-father's house on the day before the Battle, and this de- ponent set the table for their dinner: Col Ramsey from Pennsylvania was there after the Battle and remained there for a week, having been slightly wounded in the engagement - And this deponent further saith that Dr. Charles McKnight, the Surgeon General was with the army at that time, and he came to her step-father's house immediately after the Battle and staid there, with his servant for 10 days or two weeks - Dr. McKnight's family had always been intimate with her mother's family, and in fact her mother had suckled and nursed Dr. Charles McKnight when he was an infant, his own mother being weakly and sick at the time, as she has often heard her mother say - and the said Dr. McKnight very often visited her mother, and he always called her mother himself - And she further saith that her brother the said James English was at the time of the Battle of Monmouth attached to Col. Nelson's Regi- ment of New Jersey Militia, but shortly after the Battle, and while Dr. McKnight was staying at her step-father's house, he Doct. McKnight sent her brother away, and as she understood to the Hospital at Princeton - And at that time he was generally known and talked of by Doct. McKnight

And the family that her said brother had been and was then a Surgeon's mate in the Hospital at Princeton under him - And she recollects hearing Doct. McKnight tell her Mother that the service and experience of her said brother in the Hospital would be of great service to him in his profession in after life.
Sometime in the fall after the Battle of Monmouth her said brother was taken sick at Princeton and while in the Hospital, and she recollects that her Sister Margaret went to Princeton to nurse and attend him during his illness. Her said Sister remained with him about two weeks, and having partially recovered, her step father sent to Princeton for him and he was brought home in a bed. She recollects the time from this fact. An officer from Rhode Island (she understood his name was Capt. Arnold) who had been wounded at the Battle of Monmouth and whose leg had been amputated, had been staying at her step father's house, and she recollects that the said officer was removed to the Hospital at Princeton, in the same wagon that her step father sent for her brother, and at the same time that her brother was brought home in a bed as before stated. The said officer had been at her father's house for some two or three months, and had been attended by a Physician from English Town.
She has frequently heard her said Sister Margaret who is now deceased, speak of her brother's sickness at Princeton and of her attendance upon him at the time, and she has often heard her said brother mention the fact

of his being in the Hospital at Princeton as Surgeon's mate, in the Revolutionary War. And of his being sick there. And it was generally known and understood in the neigh- borhood both at that time & afterwards that he was and had been a Surgeon's mate in the Hospital at Princeton under Doct. Charles McKnight. And she further states that after leaving the Hospital and during the Revolu- tion, her said brother commenced practicing Medicine in the neighborhood, and resided at her step father's house, and that he con- tinued his practice for many years. And this deponent further saith that she has a distinct recollection of all the facts above stated. She was young at the time and the transactions of that period made a deep impression upon her mind.
I now to be subscribed before me, by the said Ann Conover who is a credible person and whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, and I do further certify that her mem- ory and mental faculties are not impaired by old age, but are re- markably good and strong.
John Haddad
Ann Conover
2

PAID
18 3/4
Alex. Ray Esq. Washington City D.C.

New Brunswick N.S. Aug. 2 nd 1845 To J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir
I have requested Mr Alex. Ragsdale to attend to the claim, against the Government, for services rendered by my Father during the Revolutionary War.
Very Respectfully yours &c
R. C. English

Washington
11 Jan y - 1845.
Sir.
In reply to yours, I have the honor to state, that I know personally Dr David C. English of New Brunswick, and his brother, John English, of Monmouth. That both are men of standing & respectability in the communities in which they live.
Yours ob t serv t .
Wm L Dayton
Ans: Ray Exp y 2/3

Washington Jan y . 10. 1845
Sir
I beg leave as attorney in fact, most respectfully to appeal to the Hon ble Secretary of War, from a decision of the commissioner of Pensions, in the case of Hannah English of New Jersey, the widow of James who was a Surgeon's Mate in the War of the Revolution.
When the claim to a pension was first made under act July 7. 1838. but his months service could be shewn, and upon such evidence being presented, a pension was admitted at the rate of $120 per annum.
Subsequently further evidence has been discovered in a certificate signed by the Surgeon General of the Hospital Department, shewing service from July 4-1776. to Sept 12. 1778. of which the following is a copy.
"This may certify that James English officiated in the General Hospital as Mate at Princeton from July 4-1776. to Sept. 12. 1778; and to be paid as such.
Princeton Sept 12. 1778
Chas. Mc c Knight
for Doct r . James English."
Surge n . Genl l ."
John English a son of Mrs Hannah. has made an affidavit, that the certificate was found among his father's papers, in the same state it now is; and the appearance of the paper indicates its antiquity. The Hon ble Senator Dayton of New Jersey informs you herewith the standing of John English the affiant, & Doct r David B English his brother.
Upon the certificate being presented to the commissioner of Pensions as additional evidence of service, and for an augmentation of the widow's stipend. The commissioner objects to the certificate as evidence, on the alleged grounds, that the paper has been altered; and because too, he doubts its being original.

It seems to be apparent, from the face of the certificate if it was altered at all; It was manifestly done by Surgeon Gen l M c Knight at the time it was given, and it appears to me to be wholly unimportant whether the day or the month be altered or not. as the paper bears a separate and distinct date , at the time it was written: and purports to have been given for pay as a Mate in the Hospital from July 4-1776 to Sept. 12. 1778. as primitively expressed.
All the applicant claims is, a pension for eighteen more months service in addition to the time already allowed under act 7 July 1838. as a Surgeons Mate of the Hospital to a full pension.
It is, therefore, upon the authenticity of the certificate your decision is solicited. hence the importance of having the paper on file in your Department before you. In submitting with the fear dependence, the subject matter to you.
I have the honor to remain with fear respect your ever Hon ble Serv t . Alex. Ray
Hon ble Mr. Wilkins Secretary of Nav.

Jan. 8, 1845.
Adulterous case of
H. English.
2901.
verdict.
James L. Edwards Gynni Com d of Pensions

Sir,
Washington Jan y 8. 1845.
By the enclosed letter, you will perceive, that the claim of Hannah English late a pensioner on the New Jersey roll under act July 7. 1838. has been intrusted to me.
By reference you will find the claim to an increase now expected by Mr Heartshorn late of New Jersey during his life time. In a conversation with Col d English (the writer of the enclosed) some short time since in New Brunswick, he gave me the facts and particulars of the deposition presented in this case: and I have a copy of a certificate signed by Charles M c Knight Surgeon Gen l dated at Princeton Sept 12. 1778.
If I understand the case rightly it is this, the claim was originally presented by the widow for 6 m o service, for her husband as a Surgeon Mate: It being the only evidence that could be collected at that time, and her claim was admitted under act 7 July 1838. at the rate of $120 per annu m .
Subsequently Mr John English a son of Surgeon Mate James English, found among his father's old papers a certificate given by Surgeon Gen l General Chas d M c Knight stating that James English officiated in the General Hospital as Mate, at Princeton from July 4. 1776. to Sept. 12. 1778. and to be paid as such. This certificate I learn has been presented at

additional evidence of further service, (not within the reach of the applicant when the claim was first presented), for the purpose of obtaining a full pension. Doct D. E. English informs me, you refused to accept the certificate, because of the date or the month having been altered, and also questioned its authenticity.
I am at a loss to know the precise state of the case. I hardly suppose it stands as given above, for I take it for granted, if you had reason to suppose the certificate had been manufactured or the purpose of imposing upon you. The Department would not have quietly permitted the certificate and presentation to have passed, without your special attention, and entire satisfaction of the proceedings.
By a copy of the certificate before me, it bears three dates. July 4-1776. Sept. 12. 1778 in the body of the certificate and dated "Princeton Sep r 12. 1778. I am not prepared to say which of the dates is alleged to have been altered. If either of the last, it would not I conceive be detrimental to the claim if the other date stands fair. If the alteration was in July 4. 1776 the month and year appear plain. It appears to me it would only effect the day of the mo th . month not the month or year.
But I did not begin this letter to reason the case, my object simply being to present the view as I rec d them, and to ask to be informed: If the certificate purporting to be signed by Charles M c Knight Surgeon General, is

power to your satisfaction to be genuine, unless it be received as evidence.
I remain Sir
Your mover
on Sir
Alex. Nays
J. L. Edwards Esq. Coun d of Plaintiff

Senate Chamber
Dec 4. 1841
Dear Sir,
Since the adj t of Congress, James M c . Hartshorne Esq r of Mon- mouth County N. J. has died. He was extensively engaged as a Pension agent, & I saw a request by Mr s John Brown his adm or to procure a list of such cases as were pending undetermined at your depart t "and ascertain what probability of success there might be in such cases".
Be kind enough to consider this inquiry, or so much of it as may be in your power.
Truly Yours &
W m L. Dayton -
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Dec 27th
Miss English P.O. Box
FREE
Mr James L Edwards Washington City D.C.

New Brunswick N.J. Nov. 28. 1844
To James L Edwards Dear Sir
Will you please to inform me the situation of the Claim - of the heirs of Doct James English sent d dec d for services rendered during the Revolutionary War - which claim was prosecuted by James M Hartshorn Esq d dec d - who I had not seen respecting that business since early last Spring - and we are anxious to know what has been done or what progress has been made in the case - I as one of the heirs, have been urged by my two sisters, to enquire in- to the case - I would like to have a copy of your last communication with Mr J. M. Hartshorn Esq d respecting the above pension claim - and any other information of importance relative to said case - which you may deem proper to communicate. -
Yours Very Respectfully &c
D. C. English

Freehold N. J. May 12. 1843
Sir
On the 17 th of February last I sent you a communication in relation to the case of Mrs. Hannah English widow of James English and I have written to you twice since requesting your final decision upon the points therein stated. I received for answer that all papers were taken up and examined in the order in which they are received at your office. Knowing that papers subsequently sent have been answered, I have been led to suppose, that it may have got mislaid, and I therefore most respectfully call your attention to it again:
I am most Respectfully Your obed. Servt. J. M. Hartsome
L. D. Edwards Esq

det to J. M. Hartshorne May 30 '42 " " " June 7. '42 " Hon. Dan l Webster, June 22 d '42 " J. M. Hartshorne Jan 25 '43 " Same May 16 '43 " Hon. W. L. Dayton, Mar. 30 '44 " J. M. Hartshorne - Aug. 7 - 1844. " D. C. English Dec 2 d '44. " Hon. W. L. Dayton + 4. '44. " See - War. Jan. 17. '45
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New Jersey.
Hannah English, widow of James English, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 Dec. 1816 of Middlesex in the State of N. J. who was a Surgeon in the Com commanded by Captain of the Reg. commanded by Col. Cooman in the N. Jersey line for 6 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of May - 39 and sent J. M. Hartshorne Freehold N Jersey
Total amount, $
[Act Ju
Recorded by D. Brown Book W. Vol. 2

Hannah English.
Let. to Hon. W. L. Dayton.
Mar. 30. 1844
" J. M. Hartshorn 7. Augt. 1844
" D. B. English 2 Dec 1844.
" Hon. W. L. Dayton Dec 4 1844.
Let to Hon. S. Webster
June 22. 42
Let to J. M. Hartshorn 14 Augt 44
Let to Same May 16 1845.
(to Hon. W. L. Dayton)
March 30. 1844
(one enveloped outside)

Act July 5 1812 at 12 1/2 per mo Comg Dec 26 1811 —
500 50 17
43 36

State of New York Monmouth County ss
Sworn and subscribed before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court and for said court this 19 day of September 1888 - John Haddox
John Hadden
John: Rue

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent John Reed & that he is a creditable person, and a man of veracity & truth and full confidence may be given to his statement under oath.
19 September 1838
John Haddow

State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss.
Personally appeared before me one of the subscribers one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County John English who being duly sworn deposes that he is well acquainted with the family record of Dr. James English attached to the paper of Hannah English on her application for a pension - that it is all in the hand writing of the said Dr. James English including the alteration, which alteration has been there ever since this deponent knew the record which is at least thirty years.
I now to be subscribed before me Justice as aforesaid Dec. 26. 1838 by the said John English who is a credible person & whose statement is entitled to credit.
John English
John Haddon Justice

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. I David H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Hadden before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to & subscribed is now and was at the respective dates thereof a Judge of the said Court and also a Justice of the peace of the said County duly Commissioned and sworn in office as such, and that signatures to the said affidavits & certificate are genuine.
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 21 st day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
D. H. Ellis Clerk

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. John English being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Doctor James English of the County of Monmouth with the husband of Hannah English mentioned in the foregoing, died on the thirtieth day of December Eighteen hundred and sixteen and that Hannah English has remained his widow ever since that period It is hereby subscribed before me one Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth by the said John English who is a credible person and this statement is entitled to credit September 18 th 1838
John English
Peter P. Newman Justice of the Peace
And the said Judges of the said court do hereby certify that the annexed record of marriage of one of them from the family bible of the said Hannah English is a true copy of the original hereto for the purpose of being sent to the Probate office as proof upon her application Witness my hand on this 18 th day of September 1838
Ichabod Packer Peter P. Newman Elisha Freeman } Justices

H 341 Hannah English
1067
State of New Jersey Gloucester County } p J Nicholas Booo am clerk of the county of aforesaid & of the court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby cer- tify that the annexed are the original pro- ceedings of said court in the matter of an ap- plication of Hannah English widow of Sam- uel English decd. for a dower
And I do further certify that Peter P. Runyan before whom the annexed affidavits of John English and others were at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature certify- ing the same is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 18th day of September AD 1838
J Nicholas Booo Clerk

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County, ss: Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of said County to be the Scudder Esquire who being duly sworn deposed and saith that he was eighty years of age in February last: that in the year 1775 this Deponent entered Princeton College as a Student: that some time in the fall of 1776 just before the British Army came there he left the place, and returned back again in the summer of 1777. At that time there was an hospital for the American Sol- diers in the College at Princeton, which had been established there immediately after the battle at Princeton as he understood and believed: That this Deponent and his fellow Students did not, after the year 1776 live in the College or recite there, as they had done before, but that they all boarded at private houses, and recited at the President's house. That Doctor Witherspoon was then President of the College and Mr. Houston was the professor, and a part of the time they were both members of Congress and either one or the other of them would come home and hear the Students recite about once a week and sometimes once in two weeks. That this Deponent continued in Princeton until the summer of 1778, a short time before the Battle of Monmouth, and that during the his residency there, the hospital was continued there and there , he was frequently in the hospital in the College, and he boarded with Mr. Aaron Mattitson who made the Coffins for the hospi- tal, and he recollects seeing numbers of

them piled up in the College entry — Upon one occasion either in the year 1777 or 1778 this Deponent saw Doctor Charles M c Knight and also Doctor Bloomfield perform Surgical operations, each one taking off a man's leg, being two of the wounded who had been brought into the Hospital — That it was a large and convenient hospital and a great many soldiers were brought there from Pennsylvania and other places; that this Deponent left Princeton in the summer of 1778 a short time before the Battle of Mon- mouth, and returned to Princeton again in September 1778 a few days before Commence- ment: That the College was at that time occupied by the Hospital, and the exercises at Com- mencement were held in the College hall and this Deponent recollects that a large portion of the audience were the Convalescent soldiers of the Hospital, when he and his fellow graduates delivered their Commencement Speeches, and from these facts and from gen- eral reputation this Deponent verily believes that the hospital was continued in the col- lege as late as the month of September 1778 at the time this Deponent graduated: That this Deponent always understood and believes that the wounded at the Battle of Monmouth were taken to the hospital at Princeton: and this Deponent understood at that time, that many of them did not get their wounds dressed in something like two weeks, owing to the difficulty in getting them to the Hospital, and it was thought

by many that some of them died of in consequence of their wounds being neg- lected.
I sworn to & subscribed before me Justice of the peace of said County by the said Joseph Scudder
Joseph Scudder
Esq who is a very respectable gentleman, a member of the bar of New Jersey, and that his statement is entitled to full credit. The interlineation in blue was made before the execution hereof December 13 th 1842
Walter M. Hart

State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss:
John English being duly sworn deposeth and saith that a certificate purporting to be signed by Charles M c Knight Surgeon General of which the following is the substance, Certifying that Mr. James English had officiated in the General Hospital as mate at Princeton from July 4 th 1776. to September 12 th 1778, was found among the papers of his father, said James English - that the said paper when this deponent first saw it was a very old paper & purported to be dated at Princeton September 12 th 1778 and to be signed by Charles M c Knight Surgeon General, and Certified that James English had officiated in the General Hospital as mate at Princeton from July 4 th 1776. to Sept. 12 th 1778 and to be paid as such - And this deponent further saith that the old papers of his father, among which this Certificate was found were in the possession of Doct. Daniel Polhemus one of the Executors of Doct. James English the younger, who was administrator of Doct. James English the elder the father of this deponent - and that the said paper appeared to be very ancient and considerably worn, and in one place was written over a slight blotting or erasure, consisting of a word in the body of the said Certificate, and that the same was delivered by me to James M c Cartohomo the agent and attorney of my Mother Hannah English, in the same State in which it was when first seen by me, without any alteration being made in the same either by me or any other person as far as this deponent knows, nor does he believe that any alteration has been made in said Certificate since the time it was first drawn and signed - I am to subscribe before me by John English who is a credible person and whose statement is entitled to credit - June 15. 1842 - Matthias W. Hall Justice of the peace of said County - { John English

State of New Jersey } ss. I Samuel Mairs Monmouth County } clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Walter W. Hart Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits were executed, was at the respec- tive dates thereof a justice of the peace of said County duly enrolled Commissioned and qualified and that his signatures therein are genuine —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of the said Court this Twenty first day of December eighteen hundred and forty two —
Samuel Mairs C.M.

Washington City D.C. January. 15 th 1850 Hble J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
A very good man & neighbor of mine Wm Butterfield by name some time since made application to your office for a pension, the papers I understand are with you, at his request permit me respectfully to solicit your attention to that subject I have the honor to be Your obedt Servt Charles E Clarke

Admitted Virgin 6 months
J. Mr. Hartshorn Esq. Freehold New Jersey

State of Kentucky Monmouth County, ss.
I, Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that John Headden Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was executed was at the time thereof a justice of the peace of the said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genu- ine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said Court this eighteenth day of November eighteen hun- dred and forty three.
Samuel Mairs Clerk

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } ss Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Lewis Johnston known to me to be a credible person who being by me duly sworn upon his oath saith that he is a soldier of the revolution that he is in the twenty eighth year of his age that he was well acquainted with Doctor James English in the war of the revolution -tho' remembers well that he was a surgeon in the regiment of Infantry commanded by Col John Neilson knows that he served in the capacity of surgeon at the battle of Monmouth and that he was at that time out one town of one month in the year 1778 as this deponent was at the memorable battle of Monmouth in the 1778 and served in the same regiment in which the said James English served as surgeon This deponent further says that he believes the said James English was out during the greater part of the war as he knows he and his family were whigs and rela- -ted good friends to the American cause and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & Subscribed the 1 st day } of October 1838 before me } Peter P. Duryee } Justice of the Peace }
Lewis Johnston

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. I Nicholas Wood are Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter P. Remy Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Lewis Houston was taken, was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and that the signature Peter P. Remy to the jurat of the within affidavit is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and subscribed affixed the seal of said County this tenth day of November A.D. 1838
N. Wood Clerk
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Hannah English
Am. J. F. Randolph W.R.

Freehold Feb 9 th 1839
Sir
I herewith enclose the paper of Hannah English widow of Dr. James English who was a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army - The claim is for 6 mos. Service - 5 months of which was in Col. Forman's Battalion of Bennington troops raised to reinforce the Army at Bennington in 1776 - See the affidavit of John Rue a survivor - also 1 month in June 1778 in Col. Kellogg of the Mil- itias Militia during which time he was in the Battle of Monmouth - See the affidavit of Lewis Johnson Yours Respectfully &c J. M. Hartshorne
J. S. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Pending
N. B. The marriage is proved by the family record attached to the proceedings which is all in the hand writing of Dr. James English as proved by the affidavit of John English -
J. M. H.

May 28, 1842
N.Y.
Hambley English
FREE
L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Freehold New Jersey May 24 th 1842
Sir
I herewith enclose to you a certificate in behalf of Hannah English widow of James English who was a Surgeon's Mate in the Revolutionary War - She was allowed a pension for six months service under the act of July 1838, which continued five years - Upon this additional evidence she now claims an increase of pension to make up full pay for five years - It will appear by the evidence connected with her papers on file that during the time mentioned in this certificate her husband performed service as a Surgeon's Mate in the field, by which it would seem that service in the field and service in the Hospital were both regarded in the same light and both drew the same pay - This certificate included the six months in the field -
I find also by the Resolutions and acts of Congress that Surgeons in the Hospital are placed upon the same footing as regards their pay as Surgeons in the Army - In fact the Hospital Surgeons received more than the Surgeons in the Army - See Resolutions of Congress passed Sept. 30. 1780 published in a book called Revolutionary claims by Mr. Franklin by order of Congress page 11 -

So in regard to Commutation of half pay See resolutions of Congress passed Jan'y 17. 1781 & May 16. 1783 same book pages 13 & 15 -
Surgeons of the Hospital are also allowed bounty lands in the same way as Surgeons in the Army as will be seen by a resolution of Congress passed Sept. 30. 1780 see same book page 21 -
Doct. James English served both in the Army and in the Hospital, and in fact his very first service appears to have been in the Army, as the troops to reinforce the Army at New York, with whom he served were raised about the beginning of July 1776, the time given as the commence- ment of his service in this Certificate, and from which time he was to be paid - After that ser- vice it would seem as though he was transferred to the General Hospital at Princeton which I presume was a United States Hospital -
I am Most Respectfully Your Affec Servt J. M. Hartshorne
A. S. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions -

June 6. 1842
J. G.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 16
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions War Department Washington City. D.C.

Freehold N. J. June 2 d . 1842
Sir
Yours of the 30 th May is before me, in which you say that the Department is authorized to hold me responsible to account satisfactorily for the possession of a certain paper purporting to be a Certificate of Charles M c Knight Surgeon General to the service of James English as Surgeon's Mate from 4 July 1776 to 12 Sept. 1778 in the General Hospital at Princeton. I am always ready and willing to account for papers coming to my possession. The paper was found by Mr. John English the son of Doctor James English among his old papers, in the same state in which it is now, or was when I enclosed it to the Department - Mr. John English brought it to me, and I enclosed it to the Department in the same state in which I received it without making any addition or alteration to it. This it was my duty to do as the agent agent and attorney of his mother believing then as I still do, that it was genuine and would entitle her to a pension of full pay for five years - You call it a false Certificate, I think in this you are mistaken. Your letter indirectly charges me with attempting to commit a fraud upon the Department and I think before making such a charge, you should have been well satisfied that there was no such person as Charles M c Knight Surgeon General in the Revolution or that the certificate or that the certificate is a forgery, or that it had been fraudulently altered by me or some other person.

and that I had full knowledge of the facts - The mere erasure or alteration of a word does not of itself make it false or fraudulent particularly if it appears, as in this case to have been done by the same hand, the same pen and the same ink, which were employed to draw it originally and at the time it was drafted.
The Certificate bears marks upon its face of its antiquity and genuineness, the paper and writing, alteration and all, are ancient -
You say that James English belonged to the Militia and was a Payroll in New York in 1776. In this you are mistaken - In 1776 he was attached to the forces raised to reinforce the Army at New York, but was in the service of New Jersey - He served one month in the Militia at the time the British Army were marching through New Jersey in 1778. He was no doubt detached from the Hospital - His service with the New Jersey troops raised in 1776 to reinforce the Army at New York was commenced probably prior to the establishment of a hospital at Princeton - Shortly after that service the battle at Princeton took place, from and after which time there was a Hospital at Princeton (there may have been before) He was then attached to the Hospital and the whole service was included in one certificate - I regret Sir that you should have made against me a charge of fraud - I had hoped that in my intercourse with the Department as agent for pensioners for the last ten years, my conduct had been such as to have protected me from such a charge - Since receiving your letter I have made some enquiries, and I have ascertained from a respectable source that there was such a per-

son as Charles M c Knight a Surgeon in the United States Service & that he was celebrated for his skill, and that he was at Princeton for some time during the war - And I am further informed that a part of the American Army were encamped at Princeton in the College, from the time of the battle at that place for a year or eighteen months, during which time they had a hospital there -
The idea that the Certificate is "false" or forged, have been formed without much reflection, because it is evident from inspection that the Certificate was made and attested (if there be any alteration) all by one and the same person, and long before there were any pension laws passed, and when there could have been no intention to defraud the Department. I shall make further enquiries into this matter, and I trust that I shall be able to prove satisfactorily to the Department that a part of the Army were encamped at Princeton during the time covered by the Certificate - that there was a hospital there, that Charles M c Knight was Surgeon General & that Doctor James English then a young man lived at Princeton and was employed in the hospital as Surgeon's mate; Sometimes serving with the militia - the State troops or the Continental army as occasion might require - If I have been correctly informed the Surgeons General employed whom they pleased as mates, sometimes more and sometimes less as the exigency of the service required -
I am Most Respectfully
Your Ob dt . Serv t .
K. M c Aitken
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Freehold N.J. June 14 th . 1862
Sir
Yours of the 7 th inst. has been received and I am happy to find that you did not intend to make a charge against me, and that your letter was only designed to express an intimation of a necessity on my part to respond satisfactorily to enquiry made in your former letter - I trust that my answer upon that subject is deemed satisfactory.
In addition however, and in answer to your enquiry to know upon what authority I make the assertion that the paper in question, was found by John English in the same State in which it is now, or was when I enclosed it to the Department, I have to state that I have the authority of Mr. John English a very respectable gentleman of our County - You further state that the proof ought to be adduced to support my assertion that the alteration was made "by the same hand the same new and the same ink" and "that the paper and writing alteration and all are ancient". All that I intended to say was that it appeared to from the inspection of the paper, and I still think so if my recollection of it is correct -
You must be aware that it is almost impossible to produce produce any direct evidence of those facts, because both Mr. Knight and English are dead -
There can be no doubt but that the certificate is

ancient, and there is this additional fact, which goes strongly to prove that the alteration is ancient and was made by the same hand the same pen and the same ink. If my recollection is right about the alteration, it is in the day of the month - not in the month or the year - therefore there could have been no object in altering the Certificate at any recent date, as the 1 st or 2 nd of September would have answered the purpose as well as the 12 th , two years service being sufficient to entitle her to full pay - I therefore conclude it was done by the writer of the Certificate in order to correct an error he had made in writing it - And this idea is strengthened from the fact, that the alteration (if my recollection of it is right) appears to be blurred or blotted as though the writer had made a mistake and had rubbed it out with his finger, while the ink was yet wet, and then had written over the erasure. Of this however you can judge better than myself, because you have possession of the Certificate.
It may be true as you state that there was no Surgeon General on the 24 th July 1775 and no hospital at Princeton at that time, yet I believe that there is no alteration in that date - Nor does this as I apprehend prove the Certificate false - Doct English entered at that date, (as the records of your Office will show,) with the troops to reinforce the Army at New York, and as this Certificate was made for the purpose of showing, for what time he was entitled to be paid , the conclusion is irresistible that, that service was included in this Certificate. Why it was so, we cannot answer - but this much

we know that the transactions of those times were loosely done, and those Certificates of pay , were considered of no consequence in those times, as they were worth little or nothing in the then state of the Government - Then the question arised whether the including that service with the army, in this Certificate under the circumstances, will avoid the Certificate?
I did not mean to say or intimate that I should be able to prove that a portion of the army was encamped at Princeton during the whole time covered by the Certificate from July '76 to Sept '78 - an inference of that kind is contrary to the whole scope of my letter - I meant to contend as I do now, that prior to the battle of Princeton he was with the army, and after that time, he was attached to the hospital department, and that the pay for both was included in one Certificate - Nor did I mean to say that "he held a commission in three different corps at the same time". All that I meant to contend for was that it was probable from the evidence and circumstances in this case, that he was sent out (or might have volunteered) from the hospital to serve with the militia or state troops upon particular occasions as it appears he did at the time of the Battle of Monmouth, where I should suppose his services were more needed than at the Hospital. By adopting this idea which I think is neither "confused" or unnatural in the then state of the service, we reconcile, the whole evidence in the case without any contradictions whatever, and

We are bound by all rules of law and evidence to do so, rather than to presume perjury or fraud.
I cannot concur with you in the doctrine that the Certificate "is made false by the alteration", unless it is proved that the alteration has been recently made and with the intent to defraud.
I request that you will defer your decision on the case for the present, until I can ascertain what further evidence can be adduced. And in the mean time I have to request that you will inform me whether the records of your office prove that Charles McKnight was Surgeon General and for what time, or that James English was Surgeon's mate or served as such for what time, or that he received any pay from the Government for such service and for what time.
I am Most Respectfully,
Your oblt Servt
J. M. Hartshorne
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions

Sir
Freehold N. J. Feby 17. 1843
Yours of the 26 th of Jany last has been received - I now wish most respectfully to call your attention again to the facts of the case, and I think you must admit that my request ought to be granted. In your letter to me of the 9 th June 1842, you state that "The proof to support your assertion that it appears in this case that the alteration was made by the same hand, the same pen and the same ink, which was employed to draw it, and at the time it was drafted' and 'that the paper and writing alteration and all are ancient' should be adduced".
Those are the very facts which I now wish to prove by the son of Doct. M c Knight, but you must know that it is impossible for me to do it without having the Certificate for his inspection. And I wish to prove that this Certificate is genuine that it is in the hand writing of Doct. M c Knight the alterations and all - If I can establish these facts, then I think I shall prove the Certificate genuine - I therefore request permission to adduce this evidence in compliance with the requirement of your letter quoted above - As to the effect of the Certificate after it is proved, I will not now argue. I wish to perfect the testimony first, and then I will present the whole case for your

final decision. It is a principle of law universally acknowledged that a party has a right in all cases to offer such evidence as his counsel deem material, to support his case - This evidence I deem very material, inasmuch as you allege that the certificate is "made false by the alteration".
Although it may on its face be wrong as to the time the Hospital was established at Princeton, yet I contend that it is no objection to our adducing the evidence which you required of us - At the time of writing your letter of 27 th June 1862 I was not aware that I could prove those facts, which you then required. But now I have discovered such proof, and I think you must admit that you ought not now to deprive us of the privilege of proving the very facts which you then required from us -
In your letter of the 26 th Jany last, you state that the grounds of objection are the manifest alterations in relation to date, making Doct. English a Surgeon's Mate on duty at a Hospital in Princeton, during the very time he was in service in New York under a militia appointment - Now I beg leave to suggest that upon a re-examination of the certificate you will find that there are no alterations in that date which relates to the commencement of his services to wit: July 4. 1776 - It is not therefore the alterations, which make him a Surgeon's Mate in the Hospital, while he was in service in New York - I Admit that Doct. McKnight must have made a mistake in relation to the time his services commenced at the Hospital - but it is evident that this certificate was given merely for the purpose of

1 Shewing the time for which he was to be paid , and the pay 6 months service at New York was included in the Certificate - Why it was so, we cannot say - but I do not now wish to enter into that question - It will more properly arise after we have concluded our evidence and when we ask for your final decision, and I think I shall then be able to satisfy you upon the whole case. For the present I refer you to my letter of the 16 th of June 1862.
I think that we are entitled to have this evidence taken now, in another point of view. We may wish to refer this matter to Congress then if they should call upon us to prove the genuineness of this Certifi- cate as you have done, our witness may be dead.
If you are willing to admit that this Certificate was drawn by Doct. McKnight & that the whole of it with all the alterations is in his hand writing, then I am willing to proceed with the case, and have your final decision upon it. But if you refuse to admit  to admit to admit it, you certainly ought not to deprive us the privilege of proving it -
You say it is contrary to the rules of the Department to permit me to take the Certificate for that purpose.
The rules were never adopted for the purpose of carrying out injustice to any one, and the same power which made those rules, have the authority to suspend them in order to prevent injustice. to suspend them I should deem it the greatest injustice to be deprived of the privilege of taking the testimony required in this case -
The evidence which I last sent to you proved that this Certificate was found among the ancient papers of Doct. English in the hands of a person, who had no

interest whatever in it, and that it was in the same state when found as it is now - That evidence also proves that there was an Hospital at Princeton from the winter of 1777 immediately after the Battle at Princeton until the latter part of Sept. 1778.
I am very Respectfully
Your ob dt Serv t
J. D. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions -
Mount Vernon
FREE
J. D. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions War Department Washington City. D.C.
62

2.
FREE
Feb 22 1874 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions War Department Washington City. D.C.

Finland Jan Febry. May 17/1845 Sir.
About a month since I transmitted to the Department the affidavits of John English and Joseph Sculder on the Claim of Hannah English widow of James English, at the same time requesting you to return to me the original Certificate of the Georgia General Chas. M c Knight that I might prove the hand writing.
The witness by whom I expect to prove the hand writing is an elderly man, and I am anxious to take his deposition without delay.
Will you be good enough to attend to it as soon as convenient?
Yours very Respectfully &c J. M. H. Mills home
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions

Freehold N.J. Dec 21 st 1862
Sir
I herewith enclose to you some additional evidence upon the claim of Hannah English widow of James English.
Without making any remarks at the present time upon the evidence, I have to request that you will return to me the Certificate of Charles M c Knight Surgeon General, sent to you sometime since.
I have discovered a gentleman who was well acquainted with Dr. M c Knight in his life, & who knows his hand writing, and I wish the Certificate that I may take his affidavit to prove the genuineness of it.
When I shall have obtained that further evidence, I shall then submit to you a brief of the case.
Yours very Respectfully to J. M. Hartshorne
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Frederick A. L. No. 18 th 1840
Sir
I herewith send you some additional evidence in the case of Hannah English widow of James English deceased.
The affidavit of Joseph Scudder heretofore sent to the Department proves that there was a Hospital at Princeton from January 1777 until the fall of the year 1778 - The affidavit of Ann Conover herewith sent, proves that soon James English was Surgeon's Mate in the Hospital as late as the month of Sept. 1778 - The Certificate of Charles McKnight Surgeon General, the genuineness of which, (you say in your letter of the 16 th May last) is not questioned, also proves that there was a hospital at Princeton, and that James English served there - The only question then is as to the time he served there - The evidence of Mrs. Conover and Mr. Scudder fully corroborates the Certificate in the latter date, which you allege to be altered - Yet the evidence proves the Certificate to be true in its altered state - The conclusion then is inevitable that it was altered by the man who drew it, and before it was signed - and it so appears to me, upon its face -
The objection as to its being altered is therefore removed, particularly when it is proved by John English that he found it among his father's old papers in the same state in which it now is -
But you also object that the evidence contradicts the Certificate in relation to his being in the Hospital in 1776 - In this McKnight made a mistake, but that English was in the service in 1776, is not questioned -
The object in giving that Certificate was to enable English to receive his pay (it appears so upon its face), and McKnight has included

in it the whole Service without making any distinction as to the place where it was performed.
You are bound to draw that inference, and to reconcile the testimony, rather than to charge a high officer with giving a false certificate, intentionally -
But to make the most of it, it is only a mistake as to the place , and that is wholly unimportant -
The main point is the Service, and there can remain no doubt as to that - A mere mistake which is so apparent ought not to destroy an honest claim which is so fully proved -
As to the Month's Service in the Militia under Col. Neilson at the time of the Battle of Monmouth it is perfectly evident that he volunteered, or was sent out by Dr McKnight, there being then more need of his services in the field than in the Hospital, for Mrs. Conner in her affidavit says that McKnight sent him back to the Hospital after the Battle - He was therefore under McKnight and subject to his orders -
It is not strange that they supplied the army with Surgeons at such a period, when it had been expected for some time, that the British would cross Peninsular in their march to New York -
A pension is claimed at the rate of 7000 per annum that being the sum to which a Surgeon's mate is entitled, deducting the amount already paid -
I am most Respectfully Your S er v ant J. M. H astings -
A. D. Edmiston Esq - Com r of Pensions

18 University Ave, Providence
R.I.
Jan. 25. 1915-
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir,
Yours of Jan 23. in reply to my question of James English is at hand. "3-1865- U.S.M." I wish to thank you for the almost perfect and complete record, which is of great assistance to us at this time. I do not know that you try to perfect the record but as I have it without question. I will say that the "illegible" name is Arms. - Rebecca daughter of James

English married Stillman E. Arms .
I hope you can assist us with the following name -
David Mason - Private in Capt Stephen Bullocke Co. Bristol County for service at Rhode Island. Enlisted July 27, 1778 Discharged Sept. 10, 1778. Residence Rehoboth. We are anxious to learn if there was further service, the dates of his birth and death and his children's names with dates of birth. I think he was born in Rehoboth June 14, 1758 and that he married Sarah Lee.
Again thanking you for your assistance.
Yours truly - J. M. Andrews.

One 2 cent stamp used 3 cent stamp used JAN 22 1915
Stamped envelope recd. BRW 88 Lawrence Ave. New Brunswick, N.J. Jan. 21 st 1915
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Let me state at the beginning that we are not interested in pensions, for that has nothing to do with the matter. But we are very anxious to obtain some dates and the War Department suggested you might be able to help us. We wish to know the birth and death dates of a certain James English of Monmouth County, New Jersey, who served in the Revolutionary war, probably as a surgeon, in the year 1778. He was in Capt. Cornelius

Brinkerhoff's company, Holmes Battalion New Jersey militia. The above clue was furnished by the War department, but they could give neither his rank, his record, nor the dates of his birth and death. He lived ( probably ) at Englishtown, New Jersey, near Freehold. Any informa- tion you can give will be gratefully received by,
Yours truly, Mrs. F. E. Clidester.
P.S. A prompt answer will be appreciated for although this seems like nonsense it happens to be important.

18 University Ave.
Providence, R.I.
Jan. 19. 1915
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington.
D.C.
Dear Sir.
Will you
help us to the Revolutionary record of the following men?
Dr James English - Surgeon - New Jersey troops.
Alexander Kennedy of Foster, R.I., born in Voluntown, Conn. Historians say Alexander Kennedy took an active part in the Revolutionary War, and during that war was shipwrecked on the Island of Cuba.
Maj Benjamin Potter of Cranston, R.I.
Captain in the militia of Providence and Rhode Island Plantations. Papers in the possession of members of this family dated 1778 indicate that he was still connected with the militia of R.I. as late as 1778. His son -
Mesheck Potter L. Cranston, R.I. 1744
Thanking you for assistance - J. M. Andrews.

E. M. ENGLISH & CO.
MAKERS OF FINE CANDIES, STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THE SEALED PINK BAND PACKAGE, PATENTED DEC. 12, 1893.
501, 503, 505 & 507 WEST 50th ST.
New York, U. S. A. March 31 1902.
H. Clay Evans Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Dept of Interior Washington D.C. Dear Sir:- Will you be good enough to give me the Revolutionary Military records of - Stephen Brundige - 4th Regt West Chester Co - and Militia N.Y. James English, Second Surgeon State Troops N.Y. Your courtesy will be appreciated Yours sincerely E. M. English

April, 24-1902 E. M. English N.Y. City
1915-Laing 23 Hist. to J. Andrews S. P. M. 1915-Laing 26 Hist. to Mrs. Chidester.
97 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 97
Hannah English Widow James English Surgeon Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 218
[Arrangement of 1870.]